Tehillim 24 and II Kings
Tehillim 24 and II Kings
Tehillim 24:9
“Se’u she’arim rasheichem, us’u pitchei olam veyavo Melech ha-Kavod” – (Lift up your heads, O gates; rise up, O everlasting doors, so that the King of Glory may enter.)
When King Shlomo wanted to open the gates of the Temple, he could not do so because they had become stuck. He recited 24 different prayers, but none of them helped. However, as soon as he recalled the merit of his father, David HaMelech, the gates opened.
Then King Shlomo recited (Tehillim 24:9): “Lift up your heads, O gates; rise up, O everlasting doors, so that the King of Glory may enter.”
The gates did not open in response to King Shlomo’s 24 prayers because the Jewish people were not perfect. King Shlomo understood this and invoked the merit of David HaMelech. Then the gates opened.
The Book of Tehillim is a means of responding to various situations in life. Tehillim teaches us that we can rise much higher. The gates opened for King Shlomo after the holy words of Tehillim, recited in the merit of David HaMelech, ascended to Heaven.
(Rabbi Zeev Smason)
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